USPTO Patents Application 10680541

Application No.

Applicant(s)

10/680,541

LEVINSON, MATTHEW

Interview Summary

Examiner

Art Unit

John R. Hardee

1751

All participants (applicant, applicant's representative, PTO personnel):

m JohnR. Hardee ,

(3) Dr. Levinson ,

(2) Attv. Groetken .

Date of Interview: 04 March 2004 ,

Type: Telephonic b)^ Video Conference

c)IEl Personal [copy given to: 1 )□ applicant 2)M applicant's representative]

Exhibit shown or demonstration conducted: d)^ Yes e)\3 No.

If Yes, brief description: compared lab samples of unsaturated and saturated diesterg uat softener actives,

Claim(s) discussed: All pending .

Identification of prior art discussed: Reiectino re ferences of record.

Agreement with respect to the claims f)[3 was reached. g)M was not reached, h)^ N/A.

Substance of Interview including description of the general nature of what was agreed to if an agreement was
reached, or any other comments: Voael is the closest prior art, as Corona does not exemplify the use of glyceryl
esters. Data reaardino compositions comprising saturated auats vs. unsat urated auats would be of interest If
possible, applicant will provide this information via affidavit prior to first office action .

(A fuller description, if necessary, and a copy of the amendments which the examiner agreed would render the claims
allowable, if available, must be attached. Also, where no copy of the amendments that would render the claims
allowable is available, a summary thereof must be attached.)

THE FORMAL WRITTEN REPLY TO THE LAST OFFICE ACTION MUST INCLUDE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE
INTERVIEW (See MPEP Section 713.04). If a r^ply to the last Office action has already been filed, APPLICANT IS
GIVEN ONE MONTH FROM THIS INTERVIEW DATE. OR THE MAILING DATE OF THIS INTERVIEW SUMMARY
FORM, WHICHEVER IS LATER, TO FILE A STATEMENT OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE INTERVIEW. See
Summary of Record of Interview requirements on reverse side or on attached sheet.

Examiner Note: You must sign this form unless it Is an
Attachment to a signed Office action.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Paper No. 03042004

PTOL-413(Rev. 04-03)

Interview Summary

Summary of Record of Interview Requirements

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), Section 713.04, Substance of Interview Must be Made of Re^^^

Acomp^^^^^^^^^ statement as to the substance of any face-to-face. video conference, or telephone interview with regard to an application must be made of record .n the
application whether or not an agreement with the examiner was reached at the interview.

Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 1.133 Interviews

Paragraph (b) . ^ »*u • * ■

In every instance where reconsideration is requested in view of an interview with an examiner, a complete written statement of the reasons presented aUhe mtemew as
warranting favorable action must be filed by the applicant An interview does not remove the necessity for reply to Office action as specified in §§ 1.111 . 1 .135. (35 U.S.C. 132)

37 CFR §1.2 Business to be transacted in writing.
All business with the Patent or Trademark Office should be transacted in writing. The personal attendance of applicants or their attorneys or agents^at the Parent and
Trademark is unnecessary. The action of the Patent and Trademark Office will be based exclusively on the written record in the Office. No attention will be paid to
any alleged oral promise, stipulation, or understanding In relation to which there is disagreement or doubt.

The action of the Patent and Trademai1< Office cannot be based exclusively on the written record in the Office if that record is itself
Incomplete through the failure to record the substance of interviews. . r ^ *u * ..^r^oo

It is the responsibility of the applicant or the attorney or agent to make the substance of an interview of record in the application file, unless
the examiner indicates he or she will do so. It Is the examiner's responsibility to see that such a record is made and to correct matenal inaccuracies
which bear directly on the question of patentability. ^ , ^ ^ ^

Examiners must complete an Interview Summary Fonn for each interview held where a matter of substance has been discussed dunng the
interview by checking the appropriate boxes and filling in the blanks. Discussions regarding only procedural matters, directed solely to restriction
requirements for which interview recordation is otherwise provided for in Section 812.01 of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, or pointing
out typographical errors or unreadable script in Office actions or the like, are excluded from the interview recordation procedures below. Where the
substance of an interview Is completely recorded in an Examiners Amendment, no separate Interview Summary Record is required

The Interview Summary Form shall be given an appropriate Paper No., placed in the right hand portion of the file, and listed on the
"Contents" section of the file wrapper. In a personal interview, a duplicate of the Fomi is given to the applicant (or attorney or agent) at the
conclusion of the Interview. In the case of a telephone or video-conference interview, the copy is mailed to the applicant's ^^^^spondence add^
either with or prior to the next official communication. If additional correspondence from the examiner is not likely before an allowance or if other
circumstances dictate, the Fonn should be mailed promptly after the interview rather than with the next official communication.

The Fomi provides for recordation of the following information:

- Application Number (Series Code and Serial Number)

- Name of applicant

- Name of examiner

- Date of interview

- Type of interview (telephonic, video-conference, or personal)

- Name of partlcipant(s) (applicant, attorney or agent, examiner, other PTO personnel, etc.)

- An indication whether or not an exhibit was shown or a demonstration conducted

- An identification of the specific prior art discussed w u k "
~ An indication whether an agreement was reached and if so. a description of the general nature of the f greernent (may be by

attachment of a copy of amendments or claims agreed as being allowable). Note: Agreement as to allowability is tentative and does
not restrict further action by the examiner to the contrary. ^ , ^

- The signature of the examiner who conducted the interview (if Fomi is not an attachment to a signed Office action)

It is desirable that the examiner orally remind the applicant of his or her obligation to record the substance of the interview of each case. It
should be noted, however, that the Interview Summary Form will not normally be considered a complete and P^oP^''^^
unless it includes, or is supplemented by the applicant or the examiner to include, alt of the applicable items required below concerning the
substance of the interview.

A complete and proper recordation of the substance of any interview should include at least the following applicable items:

1 ) A brief description of the nature of any exhibit shown or any demonstration conducted.

2) an identification of the claims discussed,

3) an identification of the specific prior art discussed. . . > ^ ^

4) an identification of the principal proposed amendments of a substantive nature discussed, unless these are already descnbed on the
Interview Summary Form completed by the Examiner,

5) a brief identification of the general thrust of the principal arguments presented to the examiner. . ^ ..^..^.nto ic nnt

(The identification of arguments need not be lengthy or elaborate. A verbatim or highly detailed description of the arguments is not
required The identification of the arguments is sufficient if the general nature or thrust of the pnnapal arguments made to he
examiner can be understood in the context of the application file. Of course, the applicant may desire to emphasize and fully
describe those arguments which he or she feels were or might be persuasive to the examiner.)

6) a general indication of any other pertinent matters discussed, and . . . . o c -.^^r^l«♦^H kw

7) if appropriate, the general results or outcome of the interview unless already described in the Inten/iew Summary Fomn completed by
the examiner.

Examiners are expected to carefully review the applicant's record of the substance of an interview. If the record is not complete and
accurate, the examiner will give the applicant an extendable one month time period to conrect the record.

Examiner to Check for Accuracy

If the claims are allowable for other reasons of record, the examiner should send a letter setting forth the examiner's version of the
statement attributed to him or her. If the record is complete and accurate, the examiner should place the indication. Interview Record OK on the
paper recording the substance of the interview along with the date and the examiner's initials.

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